Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09
HOLOCAUST.
TIE Theafer ROYAL at Exeter, England,
BUrned-0yer 100 People
Roasted Alive.
The Stsirways are Blocked and the Vic
tins are Literally Baked-Many of
the Bodies not Recognizable.
The Latest Holocaust.

this afternoon at Exeter during s per
Torrance of Romany Rye. The occupants
after q struggle escaped. Many were
greatly injured. There was only one exit
from the gallery, and the crush there was
terrific. Scores were trOdden under foot
a fire escspe WAS brought TO the window
and many we're rescued. Sixty corpses
have been removed. The injured sur
vivors have been sent to the hospital
The mortality is about hundred.
The fire blszed fercely lighting up the
whole city. People We're seen flOcking to
the scene in thousands inquiring for
friends The scene inside the theatre
Some men implored the audience to be
tue frantic rush. The theatre hose
was brought into use in few
minutes, but the water had little effect
The actors and actresses we're taken from
the windows with ladders. They lost
every thing except WHIST they wore.
Up to the present time 1870 bodies have
been recovered. They are almost unre-
cOgnizsble. The injured survivors have
been taken to tbs hospital. The fire
burned
THROUGHOUT The NIGHT.
The search for the bodies proceeds slowly
la many cases every thread OF clothing is
burned of, and the bodies look black
There sre various reports IS TO the origin
of the fire. It is only certain thst the
tl3mes broke out il the scene-shitters'
department. Those who escaped say the
special exit Yves promptly opened. The
fire brigade arrived five minutes after the
breaking out, but the efforts of the fire
men were without effect There were
several thrilling resCUes. \ majority OF
the victims were men and boys
About thirty women were burned
When the fire started the drop scene
wss lowered TO prevent draught. Some
of the actors opened g door to escape,
eau Ing the tire to burst through the
drop-scene and ignite the gallery. The
flames overlook the people who were
wedged in 9 mass and roasted them 10
death. Many who were rescued alive
died soon after being brought out OF the
burning building. The occupants of the
dress circle escaped. a telegram from
Exeter ct O'Clock this morning says the
ire
Is UNDER CONTROL.
Only the walls Of the structure are stand
ing. People distracted with anxiety e!e
walking about the streets IN the nelghbOr-
hood OF the theater in search of friends
who attended last nights performance
The hospitals are besieged by anxious in
quirers for friends. Twenty BADLY burned
people who were admitted to hospitals
died.
The structure burned was the Theatre
Royal. 1t was built after the latest de
sign and deliberately fitted, being one Of
the prettiest in the kingdom. There was
full house and everything was right IN
til 1880 when the drop scene fell and in
a moment the stage was mass Of fire.
a wild panic ensued. The occupants of
the dress circle escaped after a dreadful
rush, many being badly burned. The &C
tors and actresses were IN their dressing
rooms when the ire began and ell es-
capped. The fire originated in the flies
and spread rapidly, nlling the theatre with
smoke. The occupants OF the upper cir
Gle and gallery rushed to the windows
screaming iranticslly. Many jumped
from the windows ard were injured,
Others were rescued with ladders from
the ver2nda.
a sICKENING SIGHT.
LONDON, Sept. The victims by tne
burning of the TheGter Royal ST Exter
last night were mostly WORKING people.
AS soon as the flames were eXtinguiShed
large force Of men began searching for
the bodies. The stairway leading to the
gallery was literally packed with bodies,
while at the head of the stairs there were
scores Of others piled on top of one an
other. The unfortunate victims had
rushed to the door when the alarm was
given, but found the stairway blocked
and ill means Of escape cut off
In short time the fines
had reached them and they suffered
horrible death. There were pitiful
scenes in the vicinity of the burned
theatre this morning as the friends and
relatives of the supposed victims awaited
the recovery of the bodies. In many
cases fathers and mothers both persisted
and numerous children are thus left
without means of support. Several OF
the bodies are burned so that only 9
small Cinder remains. The number OF
persons severely injured is sixty. 1t is
feared that the death list will reach 40,
BURNED BEYOND IDENTIFICATION.
1t has been sscertained that there were
200 persons occupying seats in the gal
lery, and Of those over 100 lost theiI
lives. Search for the bodies still goes on
1t is very probable that the total number
Of deaths will never be asCertained
owing to the fact that many of the bodies
were completely consumed. Two SITS lls
OF stable belonging to hotel adjoini-s
to the theater, are filed with remains
that it is impossible to identify. Most Of
the killed were adults and Chiefly men
but few children persisted. The NUM-
cipal authorities held special meeting
to-day and arranged for the interment o.
ell unidentified bodies.
More bodies have been taken from the
ruins. The charred remains OF twenty
persons were discovered in one heap.
mother, father and child were found
clasped in Que embrace. All three had
been burned to death
CAUSE OF GEE BLOCKADE.
LONDON, Sept. EN- rearIv every case
the clothing had been torn eff She victims
From the bodies many limbs are missing
and the remains showed evidence thai
they had been wcenched eft Several
whole families, numbering from two to
five persons lost their lives. The con
struction Of the galley staircase accounts
for the great loss CT life among the gal
lery people. Ilalf way down the fight
there was s sharp single. The first per
sons who left the gallery got past this
safely, but several who followed were
thrown down and TANNED into the angle
and were unable to get out owing to the
pressure from behind. The staircase e.
this point was thus efectualIy blocked
and there was no other means Of escape
The scene-shitter says the fire originated
among some gauZe, which in some way